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  2. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Hon. T. T. Ewing in reply to Mr. G. W. Fuller (N.S.W.), said that an inquiry was to be held into the cause of the recent accident at the rifle range, which ...

    Article : 646 words
  3. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Very general disappointment was experienced, and manifested at the speech in which the Minister of Defence moved the second reading of the Defence ...

    Article : 1,351 words
  4. THE FLOODS IN INDIA.

    The bodies of seven thousand natives who perished at Haidarabad last week, owing to the flooding of the Musi River, have already been recovered. ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUDGET.

    The Treasurer (Hon. A. H. Peake) delivered his Budget Speech this afternoon. He said the estimated revenue for 1908-9 was as follows:—Ordinary, £2,531,729; ...

    Article : 523 words
  6. THE CRISIS IN EUROPE.

    Though stocks in London dropped sharply when Bulgaria's action first became known, the general belief that peace would be maintained caused them ...

    Article : 2,507 words
  7. PERSONAL.

    Mr. G. E. Kelly. hon. treasurer of the Hobart Catholic Young Men's Society, was on Monday evening, at St. Peter's-hall, made the recipient of an address ...

    Article : 398 words
  8. UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM.

    Owing to the prevailing dearth of employment in England, both the military and naval authorities are doing everything possible to assist in ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. OBSTRUCTING A CARRIAGE WAY.

    The High Court judgment to-day in an appeal from the State Full Court concerning the interpretation fo certain by-laws of the borough of Sale ...

    Article : 294 words
  10. THE AMERICAN FLEET.

    The American fleet, under command of Admiral Sperry, which arrived at Manila the other day, experienced a hurricane, having a velocity of 100 ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The committee of the Amateur Athletic Association has considered the circumstances connected with the disqualification of Carpenter, the ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. THE MAGNET STRIKE.

    It was reported in "The Mercury", a few days ago that the dispute at the Magnet mine between the members of the local branch of the A.M.A. and the ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. SUICIDE OF AN ENGINE DRIVER

    William Hawkins, aged 69, an enginedriver, residing at Golden Point, committed suicide to-day by drowning himself. Hawkins had been out of ...

    Article : 146 words
  14. FOREIGN CONSULS AND THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    It is said that the differences of opinion between the Consular bodies and the Governor-General, which resolved itself into a strike on the part of the ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. A DASH FOR THE POLE.

    Dr. Cook, an American explorer, traversed Greenland in February, in an attempt to reach the North Pole, and expected to return in June. ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. SALE OF IMMORAL LITERATURE.

    Three booksellers' assistants at Christchurch were to-day fines 40s. for selling immoral works, consisting of certain novels. ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. THE POSTAL COMMISSION.

    Further evidence was to-day given before the Postal Commission by the chief electrical engineer of the Postal Department (Mr. Hesketh). ...

    Article : 556 words
  18. HIGH COURT APPEAL.

    The High Court to-day, on reserved judgment, decided that the Victorian Coal Miners' Association are entitled to be registered under the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 267 words
  19. AN INSOLVENTS PREVARICATION.

    Frederick Duncan Buston, a bicycle maker, of Kew, was ordered by Judge Moule in the Insolvency Court to-day to be detained in the custody of a ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Prices at to-day's wool sales were very firm, with a hardening tendency. The following prices were obtained for Australian clips:—Winteriga, 6½d.; ...

    Article : 50 words
  21. JUVENILE BURGLARS.

    A constable arrested two boys last night, who confessed to having broken in Mannix's boot shop in George-street on the previous evening. The boys are aged nine ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. STAMP FRAUDS:

    The departmental information on the subject of the frauds which have been perpetrated in connection with stamps on documents of police courts reveal a ...

    Article : 89 words
  23. REFRIGERATION CONGRESS.

    The International Refrigeration Congress commenced its sittings at the Sorbonne. Paris, yesterday, and will conclude its deliberations next ...

    Article : 285 words
  24. THEATARICL TREASURER CHARGED.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Montagu Livingstone, late treasurer to Messrs. J. C. Williamson and Co., pleaded guilty of having stolen £103 19s. 6d., the ...

    Article : 166 words
  25. CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES

    At the monthly meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures to-day attention was given o an important matter which is to be brought forward at the ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. SUNSHINE DISASTER CHARGE.

    The hearing of the charge of manslaughter preferred against Leonard Milburn and Gilbert Dolman, railway enginedrivers, arising out of the ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. A TRAIN DELAYED.

    Just after the midday train had left this morning for Queenstown, one of the lubricating cocks of the engine refused to work, and the train was held up. ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    The Lyell Caledonian Society, are giving a haggis supper to-night, which is well attended, and the proceedings are passing off harmoniously. ...

    Article : 96 words
  29. GENERAL CABLES.

    The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,885,000 quarters; for the Continent, 2,050,000 quarters. ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. WIDOW SHOOTS HERSELF.

    Mrs. Daniel D. Ward, a widow with a large family, the youngest of which is about 12 months old, shot herself throught the heart with a rifle at ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY.

    Two brothers, named Joseph and John Smith, exhibited at the Mining Registrar's office, Tarnagulla, yesterday, some rich specimens, broken from ...

    Article : 128 words
  32. A THREATENING LETTER.

    Henry Crowle was committed for trial by the Ballarat Bench to-day, on a charge of having sent a letter, in which he threatened to kill Edward ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. DISCOVERY OF WRECKAGE.

    Relative to the discovery of some wreckage near the Goat Rocks, about 1½ mile south of Trial Harbour, the police are proceeding to the spot to-morrow to ...

    Article : 95 words
  34. CONSOLS.

    Imperial Consols, 2½ per cent., £85. ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. CONTESTS AT ZEEHAN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words
  36. A STREET COLLISION.

    A lorry and pagnel cart came into collision this morning at the intersection of Wellington and Franklin streets. The pagnel cart was overturned, and ...

    Article : 62 words
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